Pre-Release Is Back for Rastakhan’s Rumble - And Rowdier Than Ever!
Open packs early by attending a pre-release party prior to the full release date on December 4!
Quote from BlizzardOpen your packs early and revel in some Fireside fun prior to the official launch of Rastakhan’s Rumble on December 4 by hosting your very own Pre-Release party!
King Rastakhan has decreed that Pre-Release Parties will not be limited events. Whether you’re an established innkeeper or you simply enjoy the company of your community, step up to the plate and host a public Pre-Release party. If you prefer the comforts of home, you can also enjoy the festivities by creating an unlisted event!
Rastakhan’s Rumble Pre-Release
In addition to digging into your packs early, you’ll also be able to participate in special Fireside Brawls that let you play with your shiny new cards before the expansion’s official release.
- In Rastakhan’s No Cards Barred brawl, you’ll be able to construct decks using the cards that you open during the Pre-Release event. There are no restrictions on class or duplicates in this one, so you can harness all the mayhem of the Gurubashi Arena!
- There’s also A Royal Recipe, a pre-constructed brawl that will have new deck recipes from the upcoming set for you to play with! You won’t need to have pre-purchased packs in order to play this brawl.
Maximize your Fireside Gathering experience by pre-purchasing your card packs for Rastakhan’s Rumble so you can enjoy both Pre-Release brawls!
Your newly-opened cards will be viewable in the Collection Manager, but they’ll only be playable at a Fireside Gathering prior to launch. You also won’t be able to disenchant or craft cards until the expansion’s official launch.
Host A Rastakhan’s Rumble Pre-Release Party
Kick things off by heading over to FiresideGatherings.com. Be sure to indicate if your event will be open to the public, or unlisted for just close friends and family. If you opted for a public event, hang tight while we process your admittance to the royal rumble registry! For those of you who want to host private Fireside Gatherings, detailed instructions are available here.
Once your event is approved, you can do any or all of the following:
- Share your event on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) with our nifty poster generator. If your event is private, download the poster and send it directly to friends you want to invite!
- Reach out to your local community to let them know
- Pre-purchase cards to maximize your Pre-Release experience
- Make sure you have enough chairs by the hearth (or seats in the Arena)!
- Enjoy the Rumble!
We can’t wait for you to try out the new cards, so look for a Pre-Release event closest to you and start rumbling. We’ll see you in the Tavern!
Once the expansion is actually released.
This expansion isn't getting released on a Thursday though...
My bad, you're right. Not sure how I had that brainfart... should be Tuesday the 4th. So its being released the first Tuesday of December... even earlier than the last 2 years... I think my point stands even with that mistake.
So if you pre order, you can open them earlier and play with them in that brawl, and I thought they couldn't milk it more.
List of December expansion release dates: GvG Monday Dec 8th, 2014. Gadgetzan Thursday Dec 1st 2016, Kobolds Thursday Dec 7th 2017. Rastakhan's Thursday Dec 4th 2018. This will be the third year in a row in which the expansion comes out on the 1st Thursday of December and the one time a December expansion didn't come out on the first Thursday it came out later than that on the 2nd Monday... where are you getting this "delaying the release so streamers get more views" conspiracy theory from?
When does Whizzbang get updated?
he doesn't need to be updated, he's just using the most recent recipes
So it should be automatically choosing the new recipes with the new expansion?
yes probably :)
According to you and fellow tournament mode whiners, tournament mode 'died' for a vast plethora of things, basically any new announcement in the entire game where you people drag out the well-worn 'tournament mode dies for X boo hoo' meme. Perhaps time to move on?
Jeez some people here can't read for shit...
So wait.. can we create private gatherings WITH rastakhan's rumble?
Where is a place that I can find good pizza?
A pizzeria?
Actually, the way the article is written, the "On December 4th" part could refer to either the release date of the expansion OR the date of the pre-release event. It's not that people can't read, it's that the wording is ambiguous.
Drow Ranger on Brawl image?
literally Jaina
"For those of you who want to host private Fireside Gatherings, detailed instructions are available here." ... Pre-Events like Rastakhans Rumbe + private gathering are not combineable....
Yes, i don't understand how it works for private...
There is no date for the Fireside Gathering, some ppl just can´t read.